Town of Gravelbourg-Landfill Decommissioning

in progress

The project objective is to decommission and reclaim the landfill. The Town of Gravelbourg, non-compliant with the best management practices for landfill construction. The Landfill is located at NE01-Twp11-Rge05-W3M and has a surface area of 2.48 hectares (Parcel # 104520451) and was permitted to only receive municipal waste during its operation. The Landfill is currently in operation and will be closed prior to decommissioning activities. Environmental Site Assessment Level II, Risk Assessment and Feasibility Study have been completed. There is a ground water monitoring program in place; therefore, the scope of the project includes the CAP that has not been completed, as well as, completing and implementing a Decommissioning and Reclamation plan that is acceptable to the Ministry of Environment’s Landfill Section. Decommissioning and Reclamation activities include the design and construction of the final engineered cover, storm water management, removal of existing infrastructure, recycling, metal, concrete, clean wood piles, installation of monitoring wells, and reclamation activities to ensure it is in conformance with the surrounding lands and the future intended use. The landfill will be converted to a transfer station where containers and/or bins will only be used. The reclaimed landfill will be owned by The Town of Gravelbourg with the intended use of a secured location for a future Transfer Station. Decommissioning and reclamation of the proposed landfill will attenuate the generation of leachate which in turn increases capacity to reduce soil pollutants in line with the Environmental Quality Outcomes of the Green Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.